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package org.apache.http.impl.auth;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Abstract SPNEGO token generator. Implementations should take an Kerberos ticket and transform
 * into a SPNEGO token.
 * <p>
 * Implementations of this interface are expected to be thread-safe.
 *
 * @since 4.1
 *
 * @deprecated (4.2)  subclass {@link KerberosScheme} and override
 *   {@link KerberosScheme#generateGSSToken(byte[], org.ietf.jgss.Oid, String)}
 */
@Deprecated
public interface SpnegoTokenGenerator {

    byte [] generateSpnegoDERObject(byte [] kerberosTicket) throws IOException;

}
